Show I MINES AND MINING EDITED BY DY V P. P W W. BIG D LEAGUING PUNT PLANT FOR CONTACT CAMP CAMPa a Seattle Capitalists Behind Project Project Project Pro Pro- 1 That Means Much for fOI District RAILROAD NOW ASSURED To Be Link in Harriman Transcontinental Transcontinental Transcontinental Trans Trans- continental Line Is Predicted lIal Contact Nevada X va a. a la hi the coming g big lilg copper camp cami of the country and that projects are arc under wa way which will bring It to th the front at a 0 much earlier date ate than many would deem possible IR 18 the firm conviction of or A. A J. J Tarbet who has recently been In the district looking after his large Interests there Contact Contat has hal man many claims upon which to to base to-base base future supremacy sl said Mr Ir Tarbet yesterday I 1 was In Butte Bute 25 21 years year a a ago o jan and nd I. I know n o w what I 1 am talkIng talk talk- Ing t th h hen I lS say that Contact Is today whore Butte Butto Bute was at al that time with the odds o ds In favor of ot Contact Contact has hns large ore bodies s and the district covers a large area Not only do the ores run high In copper contents but bul they carry silver and sol gold values which will mal make e It I possible le leto to work them at a good profit when other camps will vIll wi be closed closet down I Imay It I Jay may sound round oun too big bl to many man but ut I be behove be- be eleo e- e hove o le that I am nm well wel within bounds o of 1 ik con conservatism when I say that tho the general genera general gen gen- era eral average of the ores of or the campas camp campas as 8 fur far as development has gone would woul be 16 Ii p per pei r cent copper 23 ounces In sll sl- sl sil- sil ver s-er an and i GO In gold olt J. J linn IlIUM Water zIer nut ami lov 1 cr Then hen the district has tho the advantage e of ot an ample water supply and ant water Power an and it I I is surrounded by fertile fertil lands which ate are b being ln rapidly brought brough under Irrigation One of ot the things which la Is 1 going toA to tomake f A make the lie Lle camp active almost i 4 lately Is s 8 an electric leaching plant ilant torii for tor ii f treating the oxidized ores which arc are found oun In Immense tse quantities down town to tot 4 t the ancient water level The plant Isto isto Is la lato to be built b the Seattle Contact bun by Copper Cop Cop- f per Mining company a concern concer backed tJ by Seattle SetU capitalists which I J am ant told toh has liati hai a fund funt of ot OOOO with wih which to tomake make the Improvements it I has In con con- The fhe first part of the work to th to lie O le undertaken will wi bo be the construction tion ton of or a Q large Jarbe power plant on the river which skirts the district Ex Exhaustive x J-x- tests with wIh the otes already beon made and an the tho process to be used has been beau proven a complete to success suc sue cess cess The TIle project which wIlle will vIli vI complete the tho bringing of ot life to the camp is Js the tho th thi b building of ot a n railroad from Twin Fulls i t to Wells for tOl or the tho railroad has lias be been n surveyed ull and located d It I has been I given out that tho the road load is i to tu bo ho an art on electric line hue built LulU primarily to serve the newly Irrigated farming districts But Hut It it will wm bo Lo found that after It i Is built bunt It I will wi be turned turnell over to the tho liar Ilar- lar- lar riman system which needs It In Its Us business business And Ant I lk will 11 be a part ar of or that systems system's main transcontinental line lne Link for Main aln LineAn Line An n unexpectedly easy grade grato has been found all aJ tho the way from Twin Falls to Wels Wells and a glance at th Ute the map will wI show that the proposed line lne v IH 1 form torm an Important off cut between the coast and points east cast of the Rocky mountains It I will wI be e found toun that thal n after er ertho tho the line Is built bunt heavy through h traffic will m ill lne go go by y way of ot Wells WeBs Twin Falls Fans I and Granger Cranger fr rather than by way Woy of ot the I Lucia Lucin off cut and ont Og Ogden en Reasons for tor this will wH be at once I apparent to tho the well weB informed And there aro are many reasons why the tho connecting connecting con con- link will wi bo be pushed to early completion It I goes oes through a large lare farming country it will win open rich mineral mineral min rain eral oral territory and it I Is needed to carry coal from the Kemmerer fields feltt to the ml mines es and ant bl big smelting works at Ely |